After a battle is over, people talk a lot about how decisions were methodically reached, but actually there's always a hell of a lot of groping around.

Quote by Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher

Topics: Decision Quotes

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings...

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings...

The percentage of mistakes in quick decisions is no greater than in long-drawn-out vacillation, and...

The percentage of mistakes in quick decisions is no greater than in long-drawn-out vacillation, and...

Im the decider, and I decide what is best.

Im the decider, and I decide what is best.

Boredom is rage spread thin

Boredom is rage spread thin

Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to...

Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to...

When you approach a problem, strip yourself of preconceived opinions and prejudice, assemble and learn...

When you approach a problem, strip yourself of preconceived opinions and prejudice, assemble and learn...

All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going...

All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going...

By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die...

By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die...

Don't you ever wonder maybe if you took a left turn instead of a right...

Don't you ever wonder maybe if you took a left turn instead of a right...

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be...

I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be...

People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.

People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.

It is not always what we know or analyzed before we make a decision that...

It is not always what we know or analyzed before we make a decision that...

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

The sun itself sees not till heaven clears.

The sun itself sees not till heaven clears.

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't...

My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't...

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the...

No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the...